Stockton Freight Rates Battle Before Railway Board
The Board of Railway Commissioners heard Stockton and Southern Pacific arguments on freight rates from San Joaquin valley to Port Costa. Stockton's Col George W. Sperry led a case claiming rates favored Port Costa and harmed Stockton, while SP representative JIC Stubbs defended current charges as fair and noting prior switching and unloading fees altered the effective differential.
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Ms Asociated Press
SAN FRANCISCO
Bord of
Railway Commissioners today
Stockton
George W. Sperry
C .Mo Webber Lows
Frankenheimer Harts
Sigismund Schwabacher
Corcoran
RD Givin JIC Statis
Herman Fppinger
George W McNear
Porta Costa
Sperry
San Joaquin valley
Port Costa
H J Corcoran
Byron
Stubbs
middle west
Park Costy
Wi Studt
Stekton
Strckton
Southern Pacific Company
rulroa
Costa
Cuban Reforms Target Postal Abuse and Gambling Ties
Reports from Havana show a marked drop in deaths within a year amid reforms. The United States considers extending postal regulations to curb abuse and foreign gambling tickets. Cuban politics center on Gomez party leadership as Spanish press weigh prospects.
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YORK
Hisagasts
United States
bern
department of TH
ntimaets
Stn Dominic Jottery Company
Generil tome
elief Touteniné
Gomez party
cinailite
Reforms spark debate over Cuban education and law
The piece contrasts Cuban and English views on rights and governance while noting Havana's April sanitary report shows 617 deaths and about 2000 deaths in four months of 1899. It highlights a low 1899 death rate versus 1898, praises surface sanitation, and records equal births and deaths on Wednesday in Havana.
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Cuba
Havana
Noho Matters in Getting Ready for Commencement
City board of education met at the city superintendent’s office with all members present to review the manual training department’s plan for school buildings and compare costs with price quotes from dealers abroad. Committees were named for schoolhouse sites, furniture, finance, rules, library, and printing while plans for the June 13 commencement at Batonoper House were set with CB Noble to present diplomas and the high school orchestra to provide music.
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city board of education
ofc
Dailey
lenney
vanual
gerd
Noble
Stephens G B
J W Gearhart
audiing
Stephens
Thompson
M Thompson
B Noble
Gearhart
H Noble
Hogue
Tenney
boad
Tennee
Batonoper house
Ab Hogue
CB Noble
Mir Buley
hugh school
Brickley
Telegram Reports Local Death by Natural Causes in St Tous Missouri
A telegram from this city states the death of BOP Gray by natural causes due to fatty degeneration of the liver. The deceased’s relatives include Mrs Ciax, and Mr and Mrs Stephen. Funeral arrangements to be announced, with services planned in Woodland.
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St Tous
Missouri
BOP Gray
Ciax
Stephen
Stephers
Colonel Returns Amid Unclear Military Update
Ambiguous report notes Colonel Hay and Lieutenant Colonel T J Tay returning from an embassy trip to Cen i Mmead while other details remain obscure. It mentions Naval or military focus after return and potential involvement in vine sard and Pitzreraldy related matters.
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Hay
T J Tay
Mmead
Hy wil
Disbandment of Santa Clara Rural Guard urged by General Wilson
Major General Wilson, military governor of Matanzas and Santa Clara, toured Santa Clara province and urged disbanding the rural guard to cut costs. He advised using funds to other needs, while General Brooke agreed. Also notes U S banking moves, funds transfer plans, and May ration distributions in Havana.
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Associated Press
HANAN
Wilson
Matanzas and
Santa Clara
Santa Craia
Hanna
Brooke
Montergue
McKinley
Corbin
General Brodie
North American Tract company
custom house
Havana
Maryland Methods
A white: John Veyers shot and killed a Black youth, 18, in Cumberland Maryland. The incident occurred after the youth allegedly attempted a felonious assault on Mrs Kite Hater, an elderly white woman in Sulphur Springs Hollow. Meyers says Parish tried a similar assault earlier that afternoon but was driven off.
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Maryland
Associated Press
CUMBERLAND Md Way
william Parish
John Veyers
Meyers
Kite Hater
Sulphur Springs Hollow
Parish
Mia Mies
Floated Them Recorder Cosgrave Gives Dive Frequenters Tickets of Leave
Rose Lee and Rose Hutchinson, women of shady reputation, were arrested yesterday morning on Dick Demant’s position on 1 Street. They were jailed and given 90 days with parole upon good behavior. if they return they will face rearrest for vagrancy and loitering at saloons. In the afternoon both pleaded guilty and received the suspended terms.
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Recorder Cosgrave
Rose Lee
Rose Hutchinson
Dick demants
Recorder Cossraves court
Brickley
Hostetters and Fughinsiee Eyes Stomach Bee Bitters
Fragmentary historic note mentions Hostetters and Fughinsiee eyeing stomach health products and a bitters. No clear names, dates, or locations available.
Temperance Union Holds Santa Ana Convention Opening
The annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at the Grand Opera house in Santa Ana with over two hundred delegates. State President Mrs Ahenney opened with a formal greeting as Miss Anna Gordon and National President Lillian Stevens spoke, criticizing California's late legislature on women’s enfranchisement and urging unity to advance moral reform. About a thousand people attended the opening session.
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FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE
Santa Ana
Associated Press
SANT ANA
Grand Opera house
16 Ahenney
California
nlt
Anna Gordon
nationalice
WoCT Ur
Lillian
Stevens
WoC TU
Western Turf Association Incorporation in San Francisco
Articles of incorporation recorded for the Western Turf Association with capital stock of 290000 in 209 shares. Directors listed include W J Wartin and Charles F Gardner. Plan to lease construct race tracks and club houses in San Mateo County and purchase 200 acres in South San Francisco for track front and club houses, with 100000 to be used for development. Work to start within sixty days at a site thirteen miles from the current location. San Francisco capitalists dominate stock ownership, with names including Trent Cracker and Daniel Myer. Director Green serves as secretary of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club.
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San Francisco
Bs Associated Press
SAN LRARCISCO
Red Wood City
Western Turf Association
W J Wartin
William Rehberg
Julius Likerenkoter
F Ho Green
Charles F Gardner
Sin Weateo county
San Franciso
San Francisco Land and Improvement Company
Trenty 1
Daniel Myer
G R Lihen
Green
Pacific Coast Jockey Club
Italian Is Accused Of Stolen Money In Nightclub Row
Italian named Chafferino Demera is jailed on suspicion of petty larceny after allegedly taking $20 from A Peola during a drunken incident in the Italian quarter. The dispute began when Demera kept money earned for a sister, prompting a warrant for his arrest.
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Chafferino Demera
chirze
Demert
Ittlian wis
Demeia
Peota
gota
nin
Demera
Henry Brickley
Prominent Visitors From Sharon Estate Tour Fresno County
United States Representative from Nevada Mr Newlands and Mr i Wright of England visiting Tresno on Monday evening. They arrived on the night train from Los Angeles and departed the next day to San Francisco. They toured Fresno vineyards and the Sharon estate with Mr Minturn showing the sights. Newlands expressed pleasure with Fresno county’s condition and prospects.
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Peaneis
Newlands
United States
Nevada
i Wright
England
Sharon estate
Tresno
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Fresno
Fresno county
Minturn
Barge with Endless Chain System Built for Coal Transport
The Nixon Ship Yards footnote reports a 400 foot long coal barge designed to load and unload coal via an endless chain system. Built for US Government use, the craft will carry 3009 tons and cruises with a 10 foot draft when loaded, featuring a strong steel hull and large baskets welded into transit for coal handling at wharves or open sea sites.
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York
Nixon Ship Yards
Diszateth
United States
Burglary Suspect Sought After Home Fire Damages
San Francisco police report a fire at a residence on Toldy Street causing about 5000 in damage. Investigators say burglars possibly started the blaze during a break in last Sunday. Two men were seen escaping toward the back face. A valuable overcoat is the only item known to have been stolen.
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Associated Press
SAN TIRRANCISCO
Lire
HIF
Toldy street
Chamber of Commerce to convene faculty meeting on attendance
The Chamber of Commerce plans a faculty monthly meeting tonight to discuss entertaining delegates for the National Trans planning convention in Los Angeles in July. Proposing an exhibit at the Philadelphia Commercial exposition, the group weighs joining delegates to attend the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress and other key committees amid expected large member turnout.
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Chamber of Commerce
nota
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Baptists Elect Officers at San Joaquin Assembly
The San Joaquin Baptists convention adjourned in Visalia after electing officers. Wat eratoe A D Smith was named president with county clerk I B M Reed as lottery official and W O Durham as secretary. The next session will be at Clovis.
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Baptists
Associated Press
VISALIA
San Joaquimalies Paptis
Dinwis
Presno
Reed
Durham
Selma
Clovis
Court Spares Neither Miles Nor Eagan in Army Ration Case
The court of inquiry finds General Miles erred believing food was not adulterated and some beef was embalmed. It criticizes the Commissary General for large purchases of canned roast beef with little use in regular rations and recommends no further proceedings for the service's best interests.
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WILLIAM McKVINLY
Tic nport
General Miles
reithir
Tagan
Miles
erro
Secretary of War
avimy
regula army
Court Orders Father to Explain Absence in Child Custody Case
Judge Webb ordered the father to appear on the upcoming Monday to show cause why custody should not be awarded to the mother. A marriage license was issued for Huthirr Coolidge, 20, and Carrie Gourguet, 18, with Helen Coohie giving consent for her son and Gourguet’s parents opposing their daughter's marriage.
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Statiento
ecruig ag
Webb
Huthirr Coolidge
Fowle
Carrie Gourguet
Selma
Helen Coohie
Mist Gourguet
PORK TRADE IN DOUBT AS GERMANY EYES MEAT RULES
AP report from NSW Yoer outlines Berlin’s potential meat import restrictions affecting American pork. It notes possible German bans on embalmed beef, sausages, and ham, amid regulatory hurdles at Stuttgart and frontier ports. Officials expect no outright commerce war and aim for a fair solution.
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Associated Press
NSW YOER
Chinks Wardell Stiks
Berlin
retmany
Reiching
Jay
Reichtag
Germany
Stuttgart
Clergy denounce lynching at Toronton meeting
Rev J C Coleman a colored minister delivered an address urging clerics nationwide to use their influence to stop lynching. The audience included many clergymen and a resolution was moved condemning the outrages and appealing to all churches to press for an end to such murders of women and children.
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YORK
Toront
Loranto
J C Coleman
delyeret
Chambes
Methodist minist
Carnegie's Money Making Man Should Quit At Sixty
Associated Press reports from London quote Andrew Carnegie asserting wealth should be used for philanthropy. He says steel wealth is vast and enduring, not to fear trusts, and contemplates giving away his fortune rather than pursuing further gain.
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Associated Press
NEW YORK
tle Gribune
London
Andre Carnegie
Crosie
sIness
Sparaguayh
sditaro
Cargle
Mother petitions for custody of her daughters in Shasta County
A mother filed a petition yesterday seeking restoration of custody of her two daughters, ages 9 and 7, who were previously awarded to their father Robert J Wehly under a court order. The petition states the children have been living in Shasta County since the move and alleges removal from the petitioner.
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Leni Wiehly
cns iy
Opha Blackly
Odith Wehly
Robert Jwehly
Shasta county
Inquest Held On Mrs Charlotte M Buist Case At Mount Vernon
A coroner and jury opened an inquest at Mount Vernon into the death of Mrs Charlotte M Buist who died after a Wednesday incident. The proceedings continued through the afternoon and evening with testimony from local witnesses.
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Bt Vdd Press
IFW
YORK
Corone
Mount Verron
Charlotte ML Barsuet
Coroner orders bond in White Plains case of Larguet family
The coroner and authorities pursue a civil jury action in White Plains over negligence claims. Li Tom Larguet Jr and Tom Ter face potential penalties under $1008. Lthel Larguet, a teacher in New York, is held as an ancestress and required to furnish bond.
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ben siven
Chrstia
coloma
anttoune Athith
tom Larguet Jr
Mr Tomter
White Plains
wynmelpals
Lthel Barguet
tool tercher
New York
Colorado Volunteers Mustered Out and Sent Home
A dispatch from Washington reports that the First Colorado regiment, among the first to sail to the Philippine Islands, is expected to be among the first returned to the United States and mustered out by June 1. Major General Oz will oversee the demobilization, with transports arranged as available, returning regiments in the order they deployed.
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Associated Fress
DENILGi
tweiner
Thomas todat
yntant
Washington
Apiuil
Colorado
Philppine Islands
United States
anting secretars
Philippine Islands
Cuba Accepts New US Ensign For Coastwise Vessels
The United States government provides Cuba a new flag for locally owned coasting vessels. The ensign is a blue field with a single white triangle, intended to preserve coastwise trade. it is not meant to be the Cuban revolution flag or the American flag to avoid annexation recognition. The reform dates to the military occupation and allows Cuban owners to sail coastal trades if they renounce allegiance to Spain, covering about nine tenths of Cuban-owned ships.
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United States
Washingto
Cuba
Spain
Cuban Bounty Distribution Set For Early May Dates
A meeting between Governor General Brooke and a General Gomez representative fixed the distribution period for the 3.6 million dollar bounty to Cuban soldiers from May 10 to May 16. The initial payment is expected at Marianao on Wednesday, with payments to soldiers in companies under their commanders, including those without arms.
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Hrooke
Gomez
Marianao
Weather Conditions for Pacific Slope and California
The report notes generally cloudy conditions over Washington and northern Arizona with partly cloudy interior central California, and clear conditions elsewhere on the Pacific slope. Pressure rises in the north and falls in the south. temperatures show slight changes with a fall in the Rocky Mountains and northern Arizona. Forecast calls for warm weather in California with the great valleys remaining high. Northern California fair and warm with a fresh north wind. Southern California fair and warmer with a fresh northwest wind.
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Ley Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO
Washington
Arizona
California
Pacific
Rocky mountain
werther
great valleys
Not in Contempt Ananatatad Tense 7
Standard Oil won a contempt ruling against Malcola Jennings when the attorney general failed to show the witness was acting for the company. The Supreme Court dismissed the contempt proceedings, noting the asked information was not relevant to the issue.
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Standard Oil company
Malcola Jensings Jensings
burrau
Slandari Oil com
Jennings
Supreme court
Gelitha
Birth Notice From Fo OM Packard Family
A birth announcement records APA D born on March 4 1917 to the Packard family. The brief item notes the newborn as part of the Packard household and marks the date of birth in a local news column.
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thiz
Packard
taughitet
Filipino Generals Battle in Balaclor Sparks Civil Strife
Aguinaldo intervenes to halt a possible civil clash between Generals Luna and Mascardo as tensions flare after news of Luna being wounded at San Tomas. Aguinaldo urges peace while Mascardo faces court action and reinforcements are promised. San Tomas battle resumes with Luna leading.
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NEW YORK
Lira
Waseside
Luna
San Tomas
Laguna de Hay
San Fernando
San Lomas
Aguinaldo
Arguelas
Aguialdo
Apiudimido
Tuna
Mascido
Lung
hem
Mascerdo
Luni cn
Aguiraldo
The Raleighs Mishap onatated Frans? Charleston May 9
The cruiser Raleigh ran aground near the north breakers just outside the jetty while entering Charleston harbor. Tugboats refloated her in calm water. no hull injuries found. An official reception was postponed and will occur tomorrow morning.
Beat the Record Havana to New York in Two Days and Twenty Hours
The Ward line steamer Havana Cipton Stevens set a new sailing record from Havana to New York in two days and twenty hours arriving this afternoon. The crossing carried 3 cabin passengers and local soldiers, including seven prisoners awaiting transfer to Governor’s Island after docking. Generals H Hasbrouck and Mio Butler and two others are noted among the arriving officers and personnel.
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Havana
New York
Associated Press
new Ward line
Cipton Stevens
quantin
Travi niuwl
New Forth
Angers
Brgade
Tod Sloan’s Luck at London Racing Meeting
At a crowded London track the June meeting featured Tod Sloan’s Luck in the Trial Plate of 00 sovereigns. Dr Pow Dus Tevare placed second and R Le Bandy’s Sentteur finished third as Koreska drifted in the race.
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LONDON
Sloan
herosho
Koreska
Turlock Irrigation District Improves Main Canal
Water from the dam at the head of the Turlock district works flowed into the main canal on Tuesday. The stream filled the seventy foot wide canal and now stands down toward Hickman. Gates at Hickman were opened, with balance work in progress. A contractor from San Francisco funds the remaining balance. Graders are near Cont as work advances westward.
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Turlock
Associated Press
MODESTO
Hickwan
mun canal
Hickman furthe
hiv
San Francisy
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Miho
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Rattos
Agumeries
TURF ASSOCIATION
The Endless Chain
Asgentated Press
Eagan
army
yar
LYNCH LAW
CARNEGIE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CUBAS
Balaccor
Tod Sloan
Mae Ae
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